Buhari Cancels Immigration Recruitment Approved By Jonathan
The latest recruitment exercise conducted on the directives of the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), between March and April this year has been suspended indefinitely.
According to an NIS source, the Board of Prisons, Immigration, Civil Defence and the Fire Service has directed immediate suspension of every activity related to the recruitment until further notice.
Many job seekers lost their lives last year at a recruitment across the country, a development that warranted a Presidential Committee on Immigration Recruitment constituted on March 26, 2014 by former President Goodluck Jonathan
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To this effect, , less than 5,000 Nigerians persons sent for training at the Immigration Service Training Schools at Orlu, Kano and Ohoada re called back,including candidates of families that lost loved ones in the botched 2014 recruitment that resulted in the death of about 15 applicants were enlisted and sent for training to become personnel of the service.
.However, the recruitment was mired in controversies which was one of the reasons for the removal from office of the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. David Parradang.
Recently, the ill-fated recruitment also led to serious disagreements between the former Minister, Ministry of Interior, Abba Moro and David Parradang.
A source who pleaded anonymity disclosed that confusion has already set in since the circular from the board was received last week
